You did something because it had always been done, and the explanation was, โBut weโve always done it this way.โ A million dead people canโt have been wrong, can they?
Terry PratchettOf course, Ankh-Morpork's citizens had always claimed that the river water was incredibly pure. Any water that had passed through so many kidneys, they reasoned, had to be very pure indeed.
Terry PratchettHe'd been wrong, there was a light at the end of the tunnel, and it was a flamethrower.
Terry PratchettBut, in truth, it had not exactly been gold, or even the promise of gold, but more like the fantasy of gold, the fairy dream that the gold is there, at the end of the rainbow, and will continue to be there forever - provided, naturally, that you don't go and look. This is known as finance.
Terry Pratchett